Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-10
FLORIDA.

The Carrollton Hotel at DeLand, owing
to lack of patronage, has closed.
Fort Ogden wants a retail chop for the
sale OF fresh meats, fish and vegetables.
A fertilizer factory is about to be estab-
llshed In tine vicinity Of DeLeon Springs.
Two men went out in the suburbs of
Fort Ogden last Friday ana killed five
deer,
The walls OF the new bank building at
st. Augustine are tending rapidly up
ward.
Rev. Paul Willis has accepted the pas
torate of the Sumterville Baptist
Church.
The pineapple crop on the island keys,
near Key West, promises to be a large
one this year.
Six blackfish, the largest is feet in
length, were blown ashore at Osprey a
few days ago.
The County Commissioners of Manatee
are being petitioned for bridge over
BraldeD creek.
Mrs. Hampton, proprietress of the Cen
trail Hotel at Lake City, suddenly dropped
dead Monday evening.
The proposed changing Of names of the
principal streets OF st. Augustine hangs
fire in Common Council.
The Congregationalsts of Winter Par k
have raised the sum OF 1924 to pay the
debts against the church.
The City Marshal Of st. Augustine re-
ports an unusual number of bunco and
confidence men in that city at this time.
The st. Augustine Improvement Com
pany has disposed of upward OF forty
lots, upon which cottages are to be cree
ted.
Mrs. Sarah s. McCants, widow of Rev.
A. q. McCants, of Monticello, has re-
celyed $1,000 insurance money on her late
husbands life,
The old soldiers living in Manatee
county are enrolling their names to or
ganize post of the Grand Army Of the
Republic at Fort Ogden.
A special election has been ordered
held on March l in Lafayette county to
elect member of the Legislature to sue
coed +. M. COttrell, deceased
Messrs. Jordan and Hawks have leased
the fernando News, BrOoksville, from
the Pratt Bros, and will hereafter pro-
coed to boom the News for all it is worth.
On Friday last two gentlemen named
Tindall brought into Orlando, as the re-
suit OF a hunt in the southern end OF
Orange county, twenty-tour saddles Of
fresh VenIson,
A young man reports from Lake Helen
budJ w uSu bue SUlDpIUR e6dSOD
fairly sets in there the aggregate number
of boxes to be shipped daily Will amount
to about 100000 quarts.
There are in Key " est 1872 cigar manu-
factories, and at the end of the fiscal
year there had been shipped over 81 ,000,-
600 cigars, the internal revenue taxes
amounting to nearly 100000.
A superannuated sailor, or sold tar"
at st. Augustine, has attracted good
deal OF attention of late by constructing
miniature full-rigged ships inside of CON-
, mon bottles, for which he finds a ready
sale, and makes an honest living.
Hon. B. F. Oliveros received from his
grove, fourteen miles from St. Augustine,
last Tuesday morning bunch of sweet
oranges, containing only ten specimens
| OF the luscious fruit, but which, when
placed upon the scales, weighed 1917
pounds.
The schedule issued by the Civil Ser
! vice Commission of Examination for DO
sitions in departmental service at WASH
| ington, shows that the examinations will
be held at the following places in Florida
during the current year: Jacksonville,
| Oct. 10; Tallahassee, Dec. 7.
A proposition from the corporation of
! North Tampa TO unite with the corporation
| of Tampa was considered by the Council
Of the latter corporation at its session on
| Thursday night of last week and accept
ed, which makes an important extension
of the city limits aud increases the popu-
lation about 1000.
Mr.. Dougherty's Florida war claims
bill has been referred by the Committee
on Claims to Senator Jones, of Ark ansas,
as a subcommittee to investigate and re-
port on the bill. Formerly when this
subject was before the Senate 1t has been
referred to the Military Affairs Commit
tee, which favored the payment of much
smaller bill than the present measure
carries. 1t is expected that the Claims
Committee will report favorably.
At Pensacola last Wednesday the sail
ors on the Portuguese brig ProvIdentia de
st. Thome refused to work, claiming the
day as holiday. The Portuguese Vice
Consul, G. l.. LeBaron. was notified, and
by his direction the sailors were arrested
! upon warrant served by United States
Marshal John b. Griffin. Thursday morn
ing the sailors were brought before a
United States Commissioner, and after
an examination two OF them we're COM
mitted to jail to await the sailing OF their
ship.
An order has been made by Judge Settle
in the United States Circuit Court in the
cases OF Meinhard Bros. 81 Co., of Savan-
nah, Ga, and other creditors against
VuIss oluOHle mann, OF IeubdOOla, JnaC the
goods, boots, shoes, etc., attached by the
United States Marshal, in the store in the
Hudnall building, jacksonville, be sold
by the Marshall at public sale, for the
best interest of the parties concerned,
alter daily publication of an advertise
ment OF said sale twenty days ls given,
the money soH arising therefrom TO be
placed in the registry OF the court sub
ject TO further orders and judgments OF
the court.
Senator Gail has introduced in the
Senate the following amendments to the
river and harbor bill: For Cedar Key
harbor an increase of $1,000; Pensa cola
harbor an increase OF $43, 600; entra nee at
st. Augustine 100000; Tampa bay harbor
an increase Of 100000: Alphabetical a
river an increase OF $1,000; Manatee river
an increase OF $4,000; Homosassa river
and channel leading to same $1,000;
channel over bar at the mouth of this st.
JOINS an increase OF 1925, 600; ST. Johns
up to the head OF navigation $4,000; Wa
kullah river $1,000; Northwest channel
at Key West $4,000; removing bars
from Indian river 10000; for con
structin9 q canal connecting Indian
river and Mosquito lagoon and st. Au-
gustne, and Tor the purchase and pay
ment Tor the work already done, 10000;
Narcissa river and approaches, $4,000;
Peace creek and Charlotte barbor TO he
CaloOsahatchie, so 900; entrancetto Mos
t..fa 0 80 -